James Larimore Named New Dean of Students

Submitted on Wednesday, 3/13/2013, at 5:51 PM

AMHERST, Mass.—James A. Larimore, the deputy director for Student Success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a former dean at Dartmouth, Stanford and Swarthmore, has been named the new Amherst College Dean of Students, following an extensive national search, President Biddy Martin announced Monday. He will start full-time this summer and begin working for the college part-time in April.